Last year, Faker had a memorable birthday experience participating in MSI in Vietnam and Taiwan, but this year, his birthday celebration on May 7th was a bit more low-key, as the MSI tournament was canceled and the people of South Korea were still advised to stay indoors. However, being a simple person, our T1 captain still knows how to find joy even while celebrating his birthday at home (actually in the Gaming House).
Faker spent a full 3 hours streaming to celebrate his birthday with fans, and the number of donations was so high that Faker couldn’t interact much, only continuously saying thank you. To celebrate Faker’s 25th birthday, let’s break down the stream and find out the special moments.
Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/612874923
1. In the first game with Mordekaiser in the mid lane, Faker turned off the ping from the Elise player because she was pinging too much and unnecessarily.
2. After being harassed by Pantheon and facing many disadvantages in the early levels, Faker got frustrated: “So annoying!” Of course, he later returned the favor to the opposing team and secured victory.
3. Faker: “The reason my face is red today is because when I got home, I thought it was a makeup remover bottle, so I put it on my face. Then I noticed it was bubbling a lot (makeup remover doesn’t foam), looking closely I realized it was actually a hair oil bottle. So now my face is all red like this.”
4. With so many birthday donations, Faker kept saying: “Wow~ after the stream, I’ll be rich.” (Is he still not rich???).
5. Faker “reintegrated” into the Korean Grandmaster rank.
6. A Dance Of Fire And Ice was the game Faker chose to kill time waiting during this special stream.
7. I’ve never seen him talk so much on stream, but today it was just all thank yous.
8. A fan said that the chairman stayed up all night after the stream counting his donations.
9. Donate: Happy 25th birthday!
Faker: Thank you, but I’m actually only 24 years old.
10. The largest donation Faker received in a single notification was 100,000 won (~ 2 million VND) from a Vietnamese fan: “We are fans from Vietnam. Happy birthday to our Hyeok. We will always support you. Please keep trying in the future.”
11. Faker created a practice room and decided to break the rules… using the Fiddlesticks Surprise Party skin, continuously spamming his ultimate and even clapping to celebrate his birthday.
12. Fan: What gift did you get for your birthday?
Faker: I didn’t get any birthday gifts, just money =)).
13. In the Aram match, even the opposing team chatted to congratulate Faker on his birthday and continuously took Faker… to the death scoreboard.
14. Teddy made Faker’s stream explode with a loud scream from the next room: “Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!”
15. Faker achieved 10 kills in a row with Rumble before being taken down by Varus, the chairman was stunned: “Oh my god, I just died.”
16. The enemy Nexus was about to explode, Faker continuously pinged his teammates to not destroy the Nexus and wait for him to join, but his teammates… didn’t listen. Faker was furious: “Not happyyyy”.
17. Faker was ganked 3 times but took 2 down with Irelia: “Oh this champion seems to suit me, everyone”, “I’m doing pretty well.”
18. After the birthday celebrations, Faker also held a few small custom matches to play games with the lucky selected fans, and then continued his try-hard journey in the Korean ranks.
Once again, happy birthday, Faker.